is a Japanese short-track speed skater, who won a bronze medal in the 5000 m relay at the

1992 Winter Olympics ) , nations = 64 , athletes = 1,801 (1313 men, 488 women) , events = 57 in 6 sports (12 disciplines) , opening = 8 February 1992 , closing = 23 February 1992 , opened_by = President François Mitterrand , cauldron ...

together with teammates Yuichi Akasaka,

Tatsuyoshi Ishihara is a Japanese short-track speed skater, who won a bronze medal in the 5000 m relay at the 1992 Winter Olympics together with teammates Yuichi Akasaka, Toshinobu Kawai and Tsutomu Kawasaki is a Japanese short track speed skater, who won a ...

and

Tsutomu Kawasaki is a Japanese short track speed skater, who won a bronze medal in the 5000 m relay at the 1992 Winter Olympics together with teammates Yuichi Akasaka, Tatsuyoshi Ishihara and Toshinobu Kawai is a Japanese short-track speed skater, who w ...

. Before 1992, he won two gold medals in the

World Short Track Speed Skating Championships The World Short Track Speed Skating Championships are a senior international short track speed skating competition held once a year to determine the World Champion in individual distances, relays and Overall Classification. It is sanctioned by th ...

, 1985 and 1987. He is currently working at the

University of Tsukuba is a public research university located in Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan. It is a top 10 Designated National University, and was ranked Type A by the Japanese government as part of the Top Global University Project. The university has 28 colle ...

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* * 1967 births Living people Japanese male short track speed skaters Olympic short track speed skaters for Japan Olympic medalists in short track speed skating Olympic bronze medalists for Japan Short track speed skaters at the 1988 Winter Olympics Short track speed skaters at the 1992 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 1992 Winter Olympics Asian Games medalists in short track speed skating Asian Games gold medalists for Japan Asian Games silver medalists for Japan Short track speed skaters at the 1986 Asian Winter Games Medalists at the 1986 Asian Winter Games Universiade medalists in short track speed skating Sportspeople from Nagoya University of Tsukuba alumni Academic staff of the University of Tsukuba Universiade bronze medalists for Japan Competitors at the 1991 Winter Universiade 20th-century Japanese people {{Japan-Winter-Olympic-medalist-stub